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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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e lines into sections so that a large luim-lier of combinations of lines and cut outs can be obtained and theliest results secured from all copper in use. In connection with the large cables ihat lie llie sub-sialions to-selher there are a number of smaller feeders for local sections. Thefeeilcrs from Johnslown sub-station aggregate 4,000,000 c. m.; from.\nislerdam sulvstation, 3,000.000 c. ni.; and from Glenvillc sub-station 1,500.000 c. m. The ground return feeders at the Johnstown sub-station aggre-gate 2.500,000 c. m. in area, 500,000 of ibis being an overhead returnfor a distance of about four miles connecling to the track at diffcrcnil«>ints. .\msterdam sub-station has 2.000.000 c. m.. and Glenvillcsub-stalion 1,000,000 c. m. in ground returns. .Ml joints are bondedwith a No. ooco Crown rail Inmd furnished by the .American Sleel&• Wire Co. C.\R EQlIPMENT. The rolling stifcck is as folhiw^: .\mslerdam T)ivision. Nine single truck closed cars mounted on Taylor trucks and
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T.WI.nl; TJilCK Idl: INTIOItriiH.V.V LINK. Inierurban Line. lught double truck closed cars built by the St. Louis Car Co.These have steel floor-framing, and double floors and are mountedon Taylor extra heavy swing motion M. C. B. double trucks. Theyare equipped with four G. E. 73 motors. Wesiinghouse air brakesand whistles and have smoking and toilet rooms, water cooler, etc.Male & Kilhuni high back .seals with head rests are used and bundleracks run the entire Icngih of car. The cars arc filled with mnllipleunit control. They are heated by Ihe Peter Smith hot water .sy>-teni. Electric lights arc placed over each seal. .\ telephone systemconnects each end of the car, and is also arranged lo Ik used incalling up the office, so the motornian and conductor can lalk witheach other from either platform and also with Ihe office. .Motors aregeared lo run 45 miles per honr. The trucks will be filled with steellired wheels furnished by the Standard Wheel Works, of Phila-ilclphia, ami eq

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